Can puncturing device



March 17, 1953 H. GEIPEL 2,631,365

CAN PUNCTUR'ING DEVICE Filed May 12, 1950 INVENTOR. HARVEY GEIPEL A TTOR/Yi X Patented Mar. 17, 1 953 UNITED STATES ENT OFFICE CAN PUNCTURING DEVICE Harvey Geipel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application May 12, 1950, Serial No. 161,639

(Cl. 3il10) 3 Claims,

This invention relates to a puncturing device, particularly to a puncturing device for making apertures in cans of suitable size to permit dispensing the liquid contents of such cans.

An object of the invention is to construct a can puncturing device that is provided with a can support and a hand lever, said lever having a sharp pointed can puncturing element integral therewith, and hingedly mounted onto the support.

Another object of my invention is the construc tion of a can puncturing device provided with a can support having means integrally formed in the support for accommodating various sizes of cans, and a hand lever hingedly mounted on one end of the support with the lever provided with a can puncturing element having a sharpened edge extending outward from the lever, the support being perforated for holding suitable fastening elements, whereby the support can be mounted on a wall or any other convenient station.

A still further object of my-invention is the construction of a can puncturing device provided with a can support having spaced slots for demountably retaining the head and a portion of a pin, with the free end of the pin holding a second adjustable can support, whereby various sizes of cans can be readily accommodated by arranging the pin in one or the other of the slots, and a manually operated hand lever hingedly mounted to the top of the first mentioned can support, said lever having a sharpened can puncturing element extending inward therefrom adjacent one end of the lever.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanyin drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the can puncturing device.

Figure 2 is a side view in elevation, of the can puncturing device in puncturing position, showing a small can in phantom.

Figure 3 is a side View in cross-section of the device, showing a larger can in phantom, and

Figure 4 is a side view in cross-section of a modification of the device, and showing the adjusting feature for accommodating various sizes of cans.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it designates the can puncturing device as a Whole and comprises a main support body ll having one end [2 slotted at [3 and forming two end members i4 turned over at l5 providing tubular spaces it of sufficient diameter to retain a pin- I! to form the base I8 of a hinge for hingedly mounting a hand actuated lever IS.

The lever It may be constructed of a strong metal stamping having a hand accommodating section 213 and with its freeend cut to provide open spaces 21 separated by an extension 22, integral with the lever I9, and turned or curled to provide a tubular space foralso mounting the pin ll. Referring to Figure-1 it will be seen that the curled extension 22- is disposed between the spaces it and adaptable to rotate on the pin 11. A sharpened cutting element 23 is bent out from the surface of the lever at right angle thereto and has its extreme end 24 so disposedthat it may initially rest on the top surfaceof a can 25. When pressure is applied to the endv of the lever 19, the end 24 is first forced against the surface of the can before puncturing the same. The other end of the support H is bent horizontally at right angles to the rest of the vertical support I I to provide a base member 26 :for holding the bottom 2! of can 28 as seenin Figure3. Intermediate the ends of the vertical support H, the support H is bent to provide an integral can contact portion 29 and a second integral can base contact portion 30. Each of these portions in certain instances are made available for positioning the can, prior to puncturing the top of the can.

The device shown in Figure 4 and which discloses a modification of the can puncturing device shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, is similar in all respects with the exception of the intermediate structure between the ends of the support II. The can contact portion 29 is similar but the lower end of the vertical portion of the support i I is bent to provide a bridge member 3|, integral with the support body H, and having a number of spaced slots 32 suitably arranged for detachably mounting the head and a portion of the shank member of a pin 33. The free end 34 of the pin 33 extends outwardly for receiving an apertured angular flange member 35 having a base support 36 whereon a portion of the bottom surface of a can may rest. The advantage of this modified construction is, that cans similar to that of 25 in Figure 2 may be longer and this adjusting feature readily adapts the puncturing device to the various sized cans.

Each of the devices as illustrated in the figures are provided with apertures 31 into which suitable fastening elements shown as 38 may be inserted, for mounting the device to a cabinet or any other convenient station shown as 39.

The device may be operated in the followin manner. The base of the can 25 as illustrated in Figure 2 may be placed on the support 30 with the side of the can butting against the portion 29. The lever I 9 is then pushed downwardly manually with the point 24 of the piercing element forced into the top of the can. The can may be pierced several times by raising the lever and turning the can by hand. The same procedure may be followed using a larger can as illustrated in Figure 3 with the support 30 cooperating with portion 29 to permit the larger sized can to provide two butting surfaces for the side of the can.

The adjustable feature as illustrated in Figure 4 permits various sizes of cans to be supported prior to piercing. The support 35 which is temporarily retained in position by the pin 34 may readily be moved vertically and accommodated at various points as emphasized by the apertures 32 for detachably mounting the pin as heretofore stated.

It will be seen that many changes may be made in the structure shown without departing from the underlying spirit of the invention, or the scope of my appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a can puncturing device the combination of a can support, a lever provided with a can puncturing element extending outward there from, said lever hinged at one of its ends to one end of said can support, said support apertured to provide space for fastening elements for mounting said device on a Wall or base of any suitable construction, said support being bent outward to provide temporary contacting means for the side of a can, a movable angular member,

the outwardly bent portion of said support provided with a plurality of slots for detachably mounting said movable angular member for temporarily supporting the base of said can.

2. In a can puncturing device, the combination of, a can support body, a lever provided with a can puncturing element extending outward therefrom, said puncturing element forming a part of said lever and constructed integral therewith, said lever hinged at one of its ends to one end of said support body, said body apertured to provide space for fastening elements for mounting said device on a wall or base, said body bent outward to provid temporary contacting means for the side of a can, the outwardly bent portion of said body provided with a plurality of apertures, an adjustable angular support, said angular support provided with an outwardly extending member for engaging said apertures for detachably mounting said adjustable support for temporarily holding the base of a can.

3. In a can puncturing device comprising a can support body and a hand lever, said lever hinged to said support, said lever provided with a sharpened can puncturing element extending outward from the body of said lever adjacent to said hinge, said support body provided with an outwardly bent guiding means for contacting the side of a can, and means for supporting the base of a can, one of said means detachably mounted to said support body and the other formed by bending one end of said support body at its depending end.

HARVEY GEIPEL.

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